May 5, 2014

Pithos, a Pandora.com Linux client, was updated to version 1.0 recently. With this release, Pithos was ported to Python 3, GTK3 and GStreamer 1.0 but that's not all that's new - there are also some new features as well as a new app icon.

Pandora is a music streaming and recommendation service that's only available in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. You can use it in any other country with an US proxy, VPN or a DNS service such as Unlocator.

Pithos features:

switch between Pandora stations;

Cover Art;

thumbs up / thumbs down / tired of this song options;

desktop integration: Ubuntu AppIndicator, notifications;

allows editing QuickMix and creating stations;

media key support;

proxy support;

last.fm scrobblling.

Changes in the latest Pithos 1.0:

ported to Python3, GTK3 and Gstreamer 1.0;

new icons;

various UI changes;

added indication when songs are replaced by ads;

added support for Proxy Auto-Config;

display song bitrate;

show play/pause and skip actions in notifications (this doesn't work with Ubuntu's notifications);

Also, with version 1.0, Pithos should work on Windows, but this is not officially supported yet.

Install Pithos 1.0 in Ubuntu 14.04

Pithos 1.0 is available in its official PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 only (an older version of Pithos is available in the PPA as well as in the official Ubuntu repositories)!. Add the PPA and install Pithos 1.0 by using the following commands: